Legends of Misogoro are densely distributed as origin tales that explain the names and topography of the peninsula[1]. It is said that when he sat on Mount Takaiwa and braced his feet, his footprint became the foot-shaped Suwa Pond, and that clods of earth he tossed away while plowing fields fell into the Ariake Sea to become Yushima (Dangoshima) Island[2]. The exaggeration of licking four *to* of miso a day is a storytelling device that expresses the giant's extraordinary physicality through a local staple commodity. Combined with the anecdote of receiving miso as payment for agricultural work, the giant's tale takes on a local flavor deeply intertwined with the peninsula's miso-brewing lifestyle.

This giant tale has been passed down to this day as the local culture of Minamishimabara City. A statue of Misogoro stands in front of the city hall, and every November in the Sugawa shopping district of Nishiarie-cho, the "Misogoro Festival" is held as a town-revitalization event, featuring a massive statue of Misogoro paraded on a float[4]. Also widely known as a folktale, it was broadcast as "Misogoro-don" on the television program *Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi* (Animated Japanese Folktales)[5]. While *Daidarabotchi*-type legends—attributing the creation of mountains and lakes to the deeds of giants—have been known nationwide since folklorist Kunio Yanagita[3], Misogoro ties these deeds to the specific landscapes of the Shimabara Peninsula, such as Mount Unzen, the Ariake Sea, Suwa Pond, and Yushima, representing a prime example from the western tip of Kyushu of a giant told as a harmless hard worker.